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From: Todd C. Miller <millert@Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Re: [NETBIOS] Anyone with NetBIOS Unix code? Or SMB?
Message-ID: <CH7yJy.BHA@Colorado.EDU>
Originator: millert@nordsieck.cs.Colorado.EDU
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Reply-To: millert@Colorado.EDU (Todd C. Miller)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
References: <2cui62$lve@ns.cityscape.co.uk> <2d1vuh$4am@jake.micromuse.co.uk> <2d6j9f$ipf@u.cc.utah.edu> <2db11d$1itr@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1993 20:35:58 GMT
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From the keyboard of hamish@thebes.cc.waikato.ac.nz (Hamish Marson):
> A Wizard of Earth C (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
> > In article <2d1vuh$4am@jake.micromuse.co.uk> peter@micromuse.co.uk writes:
> > >I thought much of IPX/SPX whatever are documented in various texts. If
> > >someone implements it "clean-room" style then no license ? Like I know
> > >DEC have some sort of patent on part of LAT or something. Is there
> > >something similar in the Novell protocol stack ?
>
> > I am pretty sure a spec has never been published; I don't know its
> > status. Sorry.
>
>
> IPX/SPX are public knowledge, and are published widely in many places,
> available from novell and others. Its very similar to Xerox XNS. (Its
> actually based on it).
>
> NCP on the other hand (Netware Core Protocol) is the protocols that
> netware server/clients use to actually send and recieve commands to
> reach oither. Mostly IPX is used as a transport medium, but IP is now
> available as well. NCP is very secret and hush hush, although you can
> licence the specs from novell (very expensive), or do a clean room and
> develope your own (Not too easy, but I think it could be done in a few
> weeks with a network sniffer and a little time with the novell sold
> toolkits).
Dr Dobbs Journal's (Nov 1993) Undocumented Corner conatins info on NCP
and lists other sources plus hints on gathering more info yourself.
I only scanned the article, but it seems like a good place to start.
- todd
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Todd C. Miller millert@Colorado.EDU